Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19284, Nathaniel Dodge, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Dodge, Nathaniel
S. 19284
CONTENTS
carded

New York N o . 28,648
Nathaniel Dodge
Orange Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company comm. by Captain Townsend of the comm. in the N. York time for 9 months 1 24 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 32 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of May 1834 and sent to Hon. C. Bodle N. R.
  Pensions to the 4th of March 1834  97.98    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep. "  16.33         $114.31  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 97

State of New York County of Orange ss: On the twenty first fifth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me Bernard H. Elliot - a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange and State of New York (the said Court of Common Pleas being a Court of record) Nathaniel Dodge a resident of the Town of Calhoun in the County and State aforesaid aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. That soon after the commencement of the Revolutionary war, he cannot tell the year but it was the same year that the British took New York, he enlisted  entered for six weeks as a minuteman in Capt. Townsend's company at North Castle in the County of Westchester and State aforesaid where he then lived and that he was marched to near New York and helped build a fort near Hell Gate called Fort Mifflin and served the six weeks, and then returned home and soon after he returned home he was drafted for six months in Capt. John Thomas's company and served the six months in said company he was marched to near New York then in possession of the British and in Genl. Scott's Brigade he was with a part of the six months but the whole time out and then returned home and that soon afterwards he was again called on and at his own expense procured and furnished

Hunt to enlist during the war in the continental service and this applicant was then excused for near fifteen years after that he was again called out into the Militia in Westchester County where he lived during the whole Revolutionary war he was kept under arms from that time until peace was concluded, but was only called out occasionally at one time he was called out and served more than a month at different times a few days at a time at most every alarm during a period of about two years and most of the time he was kept within the said County of Westchester where was contin- ual Skirmishing at one time he was ordered and went to West Point at an alarm but cannot say how long he was gone nor how long he served at the said different times during the last two years of the said Revolutionary war And he says he never received one dollar for all his services rendered in the said war - And he further says that he then owned a small farm in Westchester County where the Army encamped most of one night  winter and destroyed nearly all the fences and greatly injured the said farm for which he never received any com- pensation, that he was born in Bedford in said County of Westchester in seventeen hundred and fifty five as he has ever been informed and believes, but has no record of his age and never has had any and has no documentary evidence of his said services and knows of only one man living by whom he can prove any part of it that is Caleb Clark of Mamaroneck in the County of Orange that he has lived where he now lives - nearly all the time since the Revolutionary

would that he is acquainted with most of the people in the western part of the County of Bucks. Knows James Finch there Amos Harding and many others of distinction, that he this claimant is unable to attend court in person without danger he is entirely blind and very hard of hearing and otherwise very infirm
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the colony of any State where Bedford in Wiltshire was burnt by the British he was in the Militia one or two weeks, he was called to arms in said County one month more before he hired the interdicted
Sworn & subscribed the 21 August 1832 before me
Notarius Publicus Mark
H.W. Elliott
The said Judge above named do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter who after perusing the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states, And I also certify that the appli- cant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the same. And I further certify that Caldecott's depositions subscribed and sworn to the Affi- davits hereunder written is a true and correct copy and entitled to credit,
H.W. Elliott

Orange County: while Clark of Minervine in said County being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Nathaniel Dodge who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that he was - acquainted with him. During the Revolutionary war that he was in the Ritzville in the same Campany with the said applicant in the United States in the County of Westchester at which time Bedford was burnt and that he understood he was in the service of the United States at different times during the Revolution- ary that he has been acquainted with the said applicant ever since and believes he was as stated above that he was with him one other time at Tuckahoe in Westchester County and he believes he is of the age above stated that they were both born and brought up in Westchester County and lived there until after the war and after that they both moved to the County of Orange and that this deponent is unable to attend Court by reason of bodily infirmity
Richd. Clark
Sworn to subscribed the 21
August 1832 before me
H. Elliott
Orange County ss Amos Harding of Calhoun in said County a Minister of the Gospel being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Nathaniel Dodge who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and he believes he is of the age of above stated and that he was a revolutionary soldier and has no doubt he was as he has stated.
Amos Harding
Sworn to subscribed in Open
Court the 21 st day of September 1832
Asa D. Dunning Clerk

James County to Benjamin Dodge of Mount Hope in said County being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is the son of Nathaniel Dodge and is fifty two years old that he this deponent was born in the County of Washington State of New York and lived there until he was eleven or twelve years old And that while he so lived in Washington County he heard so great many persons talk of the said Nathaniel Dodge being in the Revolutionary Army and that it was then talked of as tho' it was known by all the neighborhood that the said Nathaniel Dodge was a soldier of the Revolution and served a great part of the time during the Revolution. And this deponent says that since that he has seen so great many persons that told of his father's Revolutionary services all as whom are now dead as this deponent believes. And this deponent says he has heard his Grandmother the said Nathaniel Dodge's Mother who is also dead, say that the said Nathaniel Dodge was a great many times in the Revolutionary war All of which state- ments this deponent believes to be true - And this deponent further says that he has seen a letter from J. W. Parsons Esq. M. B. which stated that the said Nathaniel Dodge was referred to Daniel DeLoach for proof of his Revolutionary services in consequence of which this deponent made inquiries for the said Daniel DeLoach and was informed by a person said to be a son of the said Daniel De- Loach who lives in the City of New York that the said Daniel DeLoach is very infirm in mind so much so that he will not answer any question put to him, unless he happens to be in a very good humor which is not often, for which reason this deponent did not go to see the said Daniel DeLoach and as this deponent's father said he never knew him

And further saith that the late had Colonel Benjamin Doolittle who is now, says that the said Benjamin Doolittle was in the Revolutionary Army with him, and further saith not. sworn and subscribed B. DODGE this 2nd day of April, 1834. before me J. Chittenden Commissioner of courts.
I certify that Benjamin Doolittle who subscribed and swore to the above Affidavit is a resident of the Town of Mount Hope in the County of Orange and is a credible person and that his state- ment is matter to wit. J. Chittenden. Commissioner of courts.

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Nathaniel Dodge ✓
March 19. 1837
Obj. 4.5.6.11.16
P 305
Tours of militia services undefined,
Gen C Bodle Home Refg N.S. Joseph Chapple
Mount Hope N. York

BRIEF in the case of Nathaniel Dodge  vs. Calhoun  in the State of N. York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? it does so appear  3. How old is he? 77 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Not Specified 1. 12 Private Capt. Townsend N. York   do 6 " " In. Thomas "   Further Service, at various times, is stated, but not defined.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Westchester County — N. York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence and one living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? they are not properly attached 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Gordon Examining Clerk.

19 284 INVALID.  See
File No. 19, 284
Nathaniel Dodge Pr's Rev War
Act: June 7" 82"
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 115
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nathaniel Dacey Peninsular fishing
Admitted Private 9 mo & 24 days del - on enlistment
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Hon C. Bodle Home Dept. U.S. J. Chastleton Mount Hope Orange County Ky.

Staten Island New York
Orange County ss Nathaniel Dodge of Mount Hope in the County and State upon oath being duly sworn said that he is the identical person who made the original and additional declarations hereto annexed this deponent states that he does not know any person living by whom he can prove any part of his Revolutionary services (except Colonel Clark whose testimony he has procured) this deponent says he never was acquainted with Daniel Doherty to whom he has been referred for proof, as appears by a letter from J. W. Brown an Member in Congress, that since said letter was received this deponent has caused injury to be made respecting the said Daniel Doherty, and is informed that there is such a person living in Westchester County who is very infirm in mind, and as this deponent never knew him he does not expect any information could be obtained from him he never was or hereinafter in any company that this deponent served in, Col. Nathaniel Doherty (who is dead), this deponent was well acquainted with, and this deponent says that he is unable to certify his services in the Army with any more certainty than he has already done and says he is willing to accept a certificate for such portion as the War Department may think he is entitled to, and hereby relinquishes all further claims on account of Revolutionary services
His Nathaniel Dodge mark
sworn and subscribed this first day of April 1834. before me J. Chattle Commission of deeds

State of New York Nassau County
vs
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Joseph Chatfield Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits of Benjamin Dyer & Nathaniel Dyer were sworn was at the place of the same a commission of Dyer in said Nassau County and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and only believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper handwriting and signature
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 14 th day of April 1834 Asa Dunning

112 In small affidavit before me the undersigned co-partner of the peace in and for the County of Orange in the State of New York Nathaniel Dodge who being duly sworn deposes and vats that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot successfully as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades, For six weeks as a private in Captain Doremus's Company he thinks 1776. I served as a private for six months months Captain John Thomas Company of Militia in the same year as a private for six months I served as a private in the Militia in Westchester County in Captain Hogeheide's Miller's Company for one year and six months he says his whole service was two years and six months months and he thinks more all as a private and that he served with an embodied corps - called into service by competent authority the last service was rendered in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine and one thousand seven hundred and eighty and eighty one, that he was either in the field or in garrison and for the time during which the service was performed he was not employed in any civil service and for such service I claim a pension. Subscribed and sworn } Nathaniel his Dodge this 4 th day of April } mark 1833 before me. }
John Tenney Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Nassau County
ss. I Asa Dunning Clerk of the said County Do certify that Alex. van der Bilt Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of Eliza H. Dunning was sworn and whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the time of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County and I further certify that John Pennycuick Esq. before whom the within affidavit was sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace in and for said County. and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justices and verify believe their names subscribed to the said affidavits to be their genuine signatures —
Witness my hand and Seal of office this 20 th day of April 1833
Asa Dunning
Notarial Seal Nassau County

Orange County of Eleazar Harding of Mountain in the County of Orange and State of New York being duly sworn depose and saith that he is well acquainted with Nathaniel Dodge who hath subscribed and sworn to the annexed Declaration and hath been acquainted with him for more than thirty years last that the whole of that time the deponent hath resided in the same neighborhood with the said Nathaniel Dodge and he hath frequently heard it talked of in the neighborhood where the said Nathaniel Dodge revealed that he had been a soldier of the Revolution - And that this deponent concurs in that opinion and believes he was as he states and that he is of the age he states, and that he is a person of truth and veracity Subscribed and sworn Eleazar Harding the 9th day of April 1833. before me
Alex Bell Justice of the Peace
Nathaniel Dodge 12. 26 1/2
I, Certify that Eleazar Harding who hath subscribed and sworn to the annexed Affidavit before me is a resident of the place where he states in said Affidavit and that he is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to credit. April 9th 1833. Alex Bell Justice of the Peace

The Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County and State of New York now sitting do hereby certify that Amos Harding who has taken the above affidavit in Open Court is a Clergyman resident in Callicoon in our County and that Caleb Clark who has sworn to the above affidavit is a resident of Minerva in our County is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the County of Orange and also Clerk of the Court of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Orange do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Dodge for a license. and I further certify that Aaron W. Elliott before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn and whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate and before whom the foregoing affidavit of Caleb Clark was sworn was at the time a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Orange which is a Court of Record and that the name of the said Aaron W. Elliott subscribed to the said declaration & certificate and the affidavit of the said Caleb Clark is in the proper handwriting of the said Aaron W. Elliott
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this fourth day of September 1832
Asa Dunning

W. H. H. 4 Age 20
Free
Hon. Charles Boadle M. C.
Washington City

Mount Hope April 29th 1834. Charles Brockdorp
I have just received yours of 23rd inst. I wish you to receive the Certificate for Mr. Dodge for which you can get allowed him, he has given a disavow now in his last affidavit please get what you can and send it forwarded to me. Please to have Daniel Skinner Father examined his examination was postponed for want of proof. I have since sent proof of him in the actual service of the proof one month before which makes two months and traditional residence for a great deal more. Please accept the Certificate for him for which ever you can get allowed him. I will be responsible he will claim no more. He is John's Father Skinner. Father lives in the neighborhood of Mr. Dodge. By attending to the above you will much oblige Yours & J. Shattuck

For Sir behalf of the claimant a pension is accepted for 9 months & weekly from date since - May 6 th 1834.
O'Callaghan
Accepted

April 12. New York Rec.
Hon. John L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Pension Office Washington City

Mount Hope N.Y. April 7th 1834
Hon J. L. Calhoun
Si I herewith return the papers of Nathaniel Dacey, with an Affidavit afft to one B. Dacey wherein he states he is willing to accept of such portion as you think he is entitled to & relinquishes all further claim, I refer you to the Hon Charles Brodell M.P. for Certificate of his good character and to said Brodell & Hon J. W. Brown M.P. as to the character of Benjamin Dacey whose afft is annexed.
I also send additional proof for Daniel Skinner whose papers are on file in your Office, I hope it will be satisfactory. If it is not sufficient for the Col. please to allow such portion you think him entitled to from the proof & I engaged he will accept it.
Yours with Respect J. Charles

Nathaniel Dodge supplemental gift to be annexed to his pension - papers on file in Pension Office

State of New York
Orange County
Nathaniel Dodge of Mount Hope in the county and state aforesaid being now aware that he is the same Nathaniel Dodge who made his original declaration before Judge Elliot and a supplemental affidavit before John Tenney Esq. in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 -
That by reason of old age and loss of memory he cannot swear positively to all the different terms of service for the United States during the Revolutionary war, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, That in the spring of the year 1776, as he thinks he entered into a company of minute men in Captain Sowerards Company and was taken on -
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York Island near Hell Gate and served six weeks helping build a Fort and was then discharged and very soon after he got home he was drafted for six months and served the six months in Captain John Thomas Company in Col. Nathaniel Delleys
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Regiment he was held in Westchester the chief of the six months on the lines between the Army, the British were then in possession of the City of New York, and after the six months expired he was called out to which place in the same County and served one month
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and two weeks when Bedford was lost and on the twenty fifth day of December the same year Col. Delleys whole Regiment was called out to Philipstown in the same
County and this respondent says he served six months or more in Capt. Millers Company at Philipstown, and respondent says that in the month
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of July 1777 he was again called out by his De- puty and to get excused procured a man to enlist in the Regular Army, by that means this Regiment was not called out in the Militia (except at occasional alarms for about two years) but in the forepart of the year 1779 this Regiment was again called out in the Militia and was equipped and recruited from that time until the close of the war. In all of the time, as Captain John St. John commanding in Col. Delancey Regiment And that at this Regiment's turn to stay home he was frequently called out at alarms and to stand on guard and was the whole of the time from 1779 under arms till peace was made And he thinks half the time or more in active service of the United States than all his services were rendered as a private and for the time during which the above mentioned services were performed he was not employed in any other business, that some part of Col. Delancey Regiment was in active service from the time the British took possession of New York until peace was made, — that the last mentioned two years or more this Regiment was most of the time kept on the line between the two Armies at Verplank's bridge and other places in West County and at Tuckahoe, and at Westpoint in the time but cannot, that all the periods above mentioned for which he claims service he was either in the field or in Garrison — that this Regiment is entirely blind and very hard of hearing but his mother advised A physician used to him and believed it correct, the name of the Town where this

defendant verily lies before charged since he recd his original declaration, it was then believed,
William his Lloyd Mark
Reads —
Subscribed and sworn
before me this 26th day of August in the year 1833
William Shaw Justice
of the Peace
State of New York
Albany County I Asa Dunning Clerk of said county Do certify that William Shaw Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the time of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature —
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 27 th day of August 1833 Asa Dunning